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Abstract / Description of output
The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has led to the largest global pandemic in living memory, with between 4.5 and 15M deaths globally from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This has led to an unparalleled global, collaborative effort to understand the pathogenesis of this devastating disease using state-of-the-art technologies. A consistent feature of severe COVID-19 is dys- regulation of pulmonary macrophages, cells that under normal physiological conditions play vital roles in maintaining lung homeostasis and immunity. In this article, we will discuss a selection of the pivotal findings examining the role of monocytes and mac- rophages in SARS-CoV-2 infection and place this in context of recent advances made in understanding the fundamental immunobiology of these cells to try to understand how key homeostatic cells come to be a central pathogenic component of severe COVID-19 and key cells to target for therapeutic gain.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology |
Editors | Samanta A. Mariani, Luca Cassetta, Lorenzo Galluzzi |
Place of Publication | Oxford, UK |
Publisher | Academic Press |
Number of pages | 1 |
Volume | 367 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780323907415 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 20 Apr 2022 |
Publication series
Name | International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology |
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Publisher | Elsevier Inc. |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- lung
- macrophage
- coronavirus
- SARS-CoV-2
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Investigating the role of TGF¿¿ in the functional imprinting of pulmonary macrophages in health and disease
1/09/17 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
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Macrophage-epithelial communication promotes lung repair after injury
3/07/17 → 4/08/22
Project: Research